Video and Sound Production - Project 2
November 6th 2025 - November 21st 2025 / Week 07 - 09
Ayah Zaher Abdullah Al Harmally / ID No.0381658
Sound & Video Production / Bachelors of Design in Creative Media / Taylor's University
INSTRUCTIONS
Lalin is a short Thai film about a girl finding self-acceptance in a world where people are to be expected to keep up with beauty standers. We were given a reacreation of Lalin in shots by Taylor students. We were instructed to assemble the clips into a coherent sequence, edit them down precisely to 35 seconds, and also apply colour grading to achieve a consistent and professional look.
Having watched "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once", we now had to replicate certain scenes that were picked out by our professor. We started off by making a crew list so that everyone is included and has a role to tend to. Mine was the boom operator. I was in charge of holding the mic in an appropriate manner for the actors.
Crew list:
Producer : Mariyam Maaiya Ibrahim
Director : Dave Christian Moniaga
Assist. D. 1 : Lim Jia Yu
Assist. D. 2 : Naomi Jerry
D.O.P. : Caitlin Lung Su Ying
Assist. Camera : Gan Xin Ru
Lighting Crew 1 : Low Xin Er
Lighting Crew 2 : Wong Kaiyi
Art Director : Miao Xinjun
Location Sound : Sun Zijing
Boom Operator : Ayah Zaher Abdullah Al Harmally
Main actors :
- Muhammad Baihaqi Desya
- Ahmed Saneeh
For this task, we had to use the given shots to create a short 30‑second trailer, with full creative freedom to experiment using the editing tools available.
Concept and inspiration
The idea behind my trailer was the thriller genre, which I really enjoy in films. I wanted to challenge myself to turn ordinary footage into something more dramatic and extraordinary, giving it a suspenseful, cinematic feel.
Approach to editing
I started by selecting a suspenseful background music track, as the mood of the music shaped the overall tone of the trailer. From there, I timed my cuts to match the rhythm and tension of the music, and chose a colour grade that enhanced the dark, mysterious atmosphere I was aiming for.
During this time, I was trying to figure out how to come up with a more appealing composition. I compressed the height to really bring out that old concentrated cinematic feel.
The early exercises: importing, arranging clips, exporting, and understanding sequences, were simple but essential. They helped demystify the software and made it less intimidating over time. Learning tools like the ripple edit and adjustment layers showed how small techniques can make editing much more efficient, especially under time pressure.
Studying shot types and composition in class suddenly made sense once we started filming and editing our own material. It became clear how each shot size and angle affects the story and mood, and how careful timing and music can turn ordinary footage into something more engaging.
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